Abhaas, the youngest contestant of Amul STAR Voice of India is set to host STAR Voice of India - Chhote Ustaad

Media News

Mumbai, December 01, 2007

After being called the ‘wonder child’, the youngest contestant of Amul STAR Voice of India and winner of the judges’ favorite award, Abhaas Joshi is ready to mesmerize everyone in a completely new avatar. Abhaas is set to grace the stage of AMUL STAR Voice of India – CHHOTE USTAAD as the host of the series.

Only seventeen years old, Abhaas has many accomplishments to boast of. Before being a part of Amul STAR Voice of India, Abhaas has been a runner-up in Master Madan Singing Competition (national level). He has recently recorded a song for an untitled animation film, composed by Aadesh Srivastava and he’s also sung a jingle for an insurance company. Having won the hearts of millions by his original and incredible singing skills, Abhaas is a name to reckon with in every household. He is now all set to woo the viewers with his affable, jovial and friendly personality.

CHHOTE USTAAD, the new series of Voice of India, is focused towards bringing young talent between the ages of 8 to 14 years to the forefront. This musical show will have the most renowned names of Bollywood’s music fraternity as its judges. Pritam Chakraborty, the popular music director, Kunal Ganjawala, the much admired singer and Shreya Ghoshal, the leading female singer, will judge and mentor the kids on their singing abilities. After a series of auditions, Abhaas was chosen as the host of the series since he has an extensive knowledge of music and also fitted the role perfectly for a show that focused on young singing sensations.

AMUL STAR Voice of India - CHHOTE USTAAD will showcase 12 brilliant contestants chosen from all over India. These 12 brilliant kids include - Aishwarya Majumdar (Ahmedabad, 14 years); Anwesha Datta Gupta (Kolkata, 13 yrs); Gitashree Shil (Kolkata, 14 yrs); Manasi Bharadwaj (Delhi, 10 yrs); Vyom Kapoor (Delhi, 14 years); Jayant Singh (Indore, 13 yrs); Abeer Vaishnav (Bhopal, 8 years); Alpansh Banerjee (Indore, 13 years); Prakriti Giri (Darjeeling, 12 yrs); Shailey Bidwaikar ( Bhilai, 12 years); Soniya Sharma (Kurukshetra, 9 yrs) and Areeb Khan Niyazi (Rampur, 12 years).

Stay tuned and watch all the chirpy, bubbly and exceptionally talented contestants and ‘wonder child’ Abhaas on AMUL STAR Voice Of India - CHHOTE USTAAD premiering, Friday, December 9 at 10 pm only on STAR PLUS!!

For further information please contact:

Usha Thomas /Amita Chattriya

Communications Department

STAR India Pvt Ltd

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